Join us for our spring retreat
Saturday, April 22 & Sunday April 23, 2023
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Registrations are non-refundable.
Join us for an exclusive, fiber filled weekend
Choose from classes with 4 well-known instructors
Friday night meet-and-greet pizza party at Knit
Morning classes
Mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack break
Lunch included
Marketplace available for shopping
Afternoon classes
Free swag
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Classes
Saturday Classes
Saturday Morning
Color theory for fiber artists - Xandy Peters
Learn strategies to help you quickly and efficiently try out exciting yarns and colors in your knitting. First, we will use coloring pages to explore our innate color sense. The fundamental concepts of color interaction and theory will be introduced in a lecture format. During the presentation, students will learn about the color wheel, historical points of interest, and will see examples of quick and dirty color-ups from a fashion industry perspective, focusing on methods of exploring color combinations without the expense of yarn and the time intensive process of swatching. Students are encouraged to bring in “difficult” yarns, spinning fiber, and color inspiration. Coloring and knitting swatches during the lecture time is encouraged. In the second half of the class, we discuss everyone’s coloring pages and yarn comparisons. This is an interactive and conversational class, designed to show range of palettes and color perspectives and how a pattern is changed by color.
Basics of How to Knit a Sock - Lisa Hoffman
Level - Advanced Beginner and Beyond
Prerequisite - Students must know how to knit in the round on double point needles.
Have you never attempted to knit socks for the fear of the terms and techniques? This class is designed to ease your mind and put you on the path to becoming a confident sock knitter. Together in the class we will all make a top down mini-sock with DPNs, learning all the steps from a stretchy cast on for a ribbed leg, work a slip stitch heel, pick up for the gusset, measure a foot, and on to toe decreases and Kitchener stitch seaming.
We will discuss alternate methods such as toe-up and even knitting 2 at a time! The class includes two Simple Sock patterns which we will review before we conclude – one to knit with DPNs and another using Magic Loop/2 Circulars/Flexi Flips.
Top-Down Sweater Construction - Mary Annarella
A 3-hour class giving an overview of various sweater types using top-down construction (drop shoulder, set-in sleeve, circular yoke, saddle shoulder, raglan, and compound raglan). We will explore fit considerations for each sweater type as well as how to modify to suit to personal taste and preference.
Short Row Smarts - Shaina Bilow
Wrap and WHAT?! Explore short rows during this immersive workshop. We will dive deep into some of the common short row techniques you’ll encounter in knitting patterns. Once you’ve found your favorite, we’ll learn how to interchange different short row styles for one another in patterns.
Short rows covered in class: German Short Rows, Wrap and Turn, and Japanese Short Rows.
Saturday Classes
Saturday Afternoon
Intro to Stacked Stitches - Xandy Peters
Stacked stitches are an innovative approach to striped colorwork, best known as the technique behind the Fox Paws pattern. Stacks can add shaping, create 3d texture, replace short rows, and when combined with stripes, they create intricate motifs without unsightly strands on the wrong side of your projects. You’ll never need to manage more than one color at a time or worry about bobbins because stacked stitches bend rows of garter stitch into new shapes and patterns using only increases and decreases.
This introductory class will enable knitters of all levels to try out the technique in a swatch and become confident working patterns that incorporate stacked stitches. We will focus on mastering the increase and decrease stitches and learn several strategies for avoiding problems and fixing mistakes.
Introduction to Intarsia - “Circle within a Square” - Lisa Hoffman
Level - Advanced Beginner and Beyond
It’s not as difficult as you think! We will start your introduction to Intarsia by learning how & why to make yarn bobbins, then use them to knit a circle on a solid background. Finish off this small sample with an I-cord edge and you’ll have a coaster for your favorite hot or cold beverage. I promise once you do one you’ll want to make more!
As You Wish - Mary Annarella
A 3 hour class teaching stitch patterns used in As You Wish, now revealed mystery knit-a-long for a fun multicolored shawl based on The Princess Bride movie. A download-code for the pattern is included with the class.
SKPO SSK OMG WTH: Increasing and Decreasing Simplified - Shaina Bilow
Does your head spin with all the decreasing and increasing possibilities for your projects? Do patterns that read “decrease on each edge of the row” make you want to go back to knitting scarves? Don’t fret! We’ll master the most used increases and decreases and learn which ones to pair together for beautiful, polished knits. Class discussion will provide you with a solid structure for interpreting vague patterns, too!
Sunday Classes
All Day (Two 3 hour sessions)
Fox Paws Workshop - Xandy Peters
In this class students will learn the basics of knitting with stacked stitches and begin a Fox Paws Wrap. We will start with an introduction to the stacked increase and decrease technique with some swatches in an easy stack pattern. After all this hard work, there is a coloring break where we explore color choices. In the second half of the class, we will start working on our Fox Paws Swatches. Students will learn ways to check their own work and fix any problems that arise at home while testing out their new yarn and color choice in the pattern.
Sunday Morning
Top-Down, Simultaneous Set-In Sleeve Sweaters - Mary Annarella
A 3 hour workshop that pairs nicely with the Top Down Construction class, we will learn how to construction a top-down stockinette sweater with traditional shoulders (different from the “contiguous” method) and work a set in sleeve at the same time as the upper bodice. We’ll also learn about the most important measurements for getting a great fit with a set-in sleeve sweater and how to modify a pattern to fit.
Fixing Those Annoying Mistakes - Lisa Hoffman
Level - Beginner and Beyond
Let’s finally get over that frustration of being home, traveling (or anywhere away from the comfort of our favorite local knit shop or reliable knitter friend) and learn the basics in 3 simple steps. First how to pick up that annoying dropped stitch, fix a twisted stitch, reverse a knit to a purl. Next up is how to reverse the direction of a k2tog/ssk, fix a mis-crossed cable, and add a missed yarn over. Last and most importantly, we will work on lifelines – how to place them and how to drop sts down and restart from that well placed lifeline.
Basics of Brioche - Shaina Bilow
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Brioche knitting is incredibly popular in the knitting world right now. Learn how to work this intriguing “ribbed” stitch during this workshop. Brioche stitch brings a unique cellular texture to knitted items and is perfect for cozy accessories and simple sweaters. We will practice working single-color brioche before beginning another sample in two colors. Pattern ideas to practice your new skills are provided at the end of the class.
Sunday Classes
Sunday Afternoon
Fun With Miters - Mary Annarella
Triangle garter shawls are fun and easy to knit, but there is so much more we can create with them! In this 3 hour class, we explore ways to use knit triangular shapes to create fabulous shawls that are fun to knit. Special consideration is given to the Rickroll Wrap and how to play with the pattern to create a unique accessory that also fits as a poncho.
Personalize Your Knitting - Lisa Hoffman
Level - Advanced Beginner and Beyond
Think of a name or message and you can knit it! Working in rounds, using a charted alphabet and the stranded knitting technique [and a little bit of math] you will bring those knitted words to life on a hat for yourself or a loved one.
Stunning Seams - Shaina Bilow
Learn how to get a professionally finished look on your knits during this workshop. We will cover the three different types of seams you’ll encounter when you put together your pieces, plus you’ll get tons of extra tips like how to weave in tails so they don’t come loose or peek through the front of your work.